2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Exposure to chrysotile asbestos causes carbonylation of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase through a reaction with lipid peroxidation products in human lung epithelial cells
In this laboratory study, the authors exposed A549 cells, a human lung carcinoma cell line described as lung epithelial type II cells, to UICC chrysotile B asbestos for 5 hours. One comparison also used crocidolite. No people or animals were…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Synchrotron X-ray microscopy reveals early calcium and iron interaction with crocidolite fibers in the lung of exposed mice
…inhaled asbestos fibers; (2) the extent of the deposition of these ions is proportionally directly related and (3) iron and calcium deposition on inhaled asbestos fibers is concomitant with the appearance of inflammatory and hyperplastic reactions.